Persona 5 The Stage

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Persona 5 the Stage is a stage play based on Persona 5.

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Persona 5 the Stage is an official stage play that had a limited release from December 13-15, 2019 in Osaka Mielparque Hall and December 19-29, 2019 in Tennoz Galaxy Theater.

Persona 5 the Stage #2 had a limited performance from October 1-4, 2020 in KT Zepp Yokohama and October 17-18, 2020 in Sankei Hall Breeze.

Persona 5 the Stage #3 had a limited performance from December 10-12, 2021 in Osaka Mielparque Hall and December 16-19, 2021 in KT Zepp Yokohama.

The screenplay and direction was led by Hideyuki Nishimori.

Plot

The stage play is loosely based on the game's story with some changes.

For example, Shadow Kamoshida doesn't transform into Asmodeus. He summons it like a Persona instead.

Musical Numbers

#1

• "Blue Flame" (Protagonist)
• "Prince Of Detective" (Akechi)
• "My Lost Field" (Ryuji)
• "Endless Labyrinth" (Ann)
• "What My Heart is Searching For" (Sae, Akechi, Principal, Yusuke)
• "Phantom Thieves" (Protagonist, Ryuji, Ann)

#2

• "Blank Canvas" (Yusuke)
• "At the Space Between Silence and Rebellion" (Yusuke)
• "Encounter" (Akechi)
• "Over Drive" (Makoto)
• "My Future" (Makoto, Sae, Akechi, Yusuke)
• "Phantom Thieves" (Protagonist, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto)

#3

• TBA (Akechi)
• TBA (Futaba)
• "TBA" (Haru)
• "Phantom Thieves" (Protagonist, Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoto, Futaba, Haru)

Cast

From #1 forward:

• Protagonist: Hiroki Ino
• Ryuji Sakamoto: Kouhei Shiota
• Ann Takamaki: Yuki Odera
• Goro Akechi: Yoshihide Sasaki
• Yusuke Kitagawa: Koji Kominami
• Sae Niijima: Kaoru Marimura
• Yuuki Mishima: Taishu Nukanobu
• Shiho Suzui: Yu Saotome
• Principal: Takuo Yamagishi
• Suguru Kamoshida: Shun Takagi
• Ichiryusai Madarame: Jun Takamatsu
• Morgana: Voiced by Ikue Ōtani
• Sojiro Sakura: Eiji Moriyama
• Sadayo Kawakami: Sawa Minami

From #2:

• Makoto Niijima: Kanon Nanaki
• Junya Kaneshiro: Yuya Miyashita

From #3:

• Yusuke Kitagawa: Yunosuke Matsushima
• Makoto Niijima: Akari Ishizuka
• Futaba Sakura: Mei Fukuda
• Haru Okumura: Riko Sugahara
• Yuuki Mishima: Shogo Tamura
• Kunikazu Okumura: Hiroya Matsumoto

Differences from the game

#2

• Ann is wearing her school uniform underneath her clothing when she tries to distract Yusuke.
• When picking out the real Sayuri from the fakes, Yusuke does it without any input from the rest of the team.
• When Ann falls asleep during Yusuke's welcome party, Ryuji does not try to look up her skirt and instead just puts a blanket over her.
• Yusuke copies down the license plate number by taking a photo with his phone, whereas in the game, he originally sketched it.
• The valuable item that Joker throws to the Piggytron is his knife.
• In the final song, "Phantom Thieves", Ryuji's rap changes and stays like that for the rest of the series.

#3

• Mishima has several original skits where he acts as a public relations officer for the Phantom Thieves.
  • Mishima investigates Big Bang Burger and gets caught by an employee for bringing a non-Big Bang Burger drink into the establishment. Haru saves him from the employee and asks to have his water bottle cap to use for creating vaccines.
  • Mishima sneaks around Shinjuku and is caught by a teacher.
  • Mishima suspects Cafe Leblanc is where the Phantom Thieves are hiding, but he keeps missing Sojiro when coming in, so he decides the store is empty.
  • Mishima tries to impress some girls when they swoon over Akechi.
• The first segment in Futaba's Palace where the Phantom Thieves must get a map from a thief was skipped.
• Wakaba is not depicted as a large monster, as she is played by an ensemble cast member with two other ensemble cast members controlling her wings.
• The Phantom Thieves help Futaba socialize by teaching her how to dance.
• The fireworks festival and beach trip are skipped. Ryuji references those parts being skipped when he complains about the group not doing these activities together.
• Yusuke does not show up on the Hawaii trip.
• The scene where the boys ask the Hawaiian locals about the Phantom Thieves was skipped.
• The part where Joker and Makoto confront Haru about her true identity was skipped.
• The characters are wearing their winter uniforms starting from when they first enter Okumura's Palace, although the uniform switch comes after the Palace is opened.
• The segment where the Phantom Thieves must get keys from the robots was skipped.

Daily Changes

Several comedic scenes in each play are ad-libbed and different during every show. Here is a list of all the scenes that are ad-libbed and different for each show.

#1

• Kamoshida and the principal's comedy intermission
• The protagonist and Ryuji eating at the ramen shop
• Deciding Ryuji's codename
• Deciding Ann's codename

#2

• Akechi inviting Sae to eat sushi
• Kawakami and the principal's comedy intermission
• Deciding Yusuke's codename
• Deciding Makoto's codename
• Kaneshiro's comedy intermission

#3

• Yusuke trying to get Futaba to open the door
• Yusuke trying to help Futaba open up
• Deciding Futaba's codename
• Ryuji complaining about summer vacation being over
• The Phantom Thieves arrive in Hawaii
• Joker responds to Haru and flirts with her
• Deciding Haru's codename

Names

The protagonist has a different name between every stage play. Fans were able to submit their real names to be used in the play.

• Mao Tomokawa (12/13)
• Hinato Ashida (12/14)
• Izumi Urata (12/14)
• Sumito Futami (12/15)
• Shousuke Tsuji (12/15)
• Kousuke Kiryuu (12/19)
• Ritsu Minatogawa (12/19)
• Rui Asou (12/20)
• Tsukasa Kujou (12/21)
• Takio Sumida (12/21)
• Shinya Konno (12/22)
• Tohru Matsuda (12/22)
• Akinari Doumiya (12/23)
• Rei Udagawa (12/25)
• Yuuki Kiryu (12/25)
• Kouichi Miyama (12/26)
• Koyomi Igarashi (12/27)
• Ranma Toujou (12/28)
• Satoru Kurachi (12/28)
• Jou Yakumo (12/29)
• Itsuki Onda (12/29)

From #2

• Itsuki Kuroi (10/01)
• Mamoru Sena (10/02)
• Tatsuya Tsuzuki (10/02)
• Kazuma Suzuhara (10/03)
• Yuuki Kousaka (10/03)
• Kaname Kaidou (10/04)
• Naoki Toudou (10/04)
• Touma Yuunagi (10/17)
• Hayato Shinonome (10/17)
• Akito Ousaka (10/18)
• Jyun Kogimiya (10/18)

Gallery

Persona 5 the Stage DVD cover

Persona 5 the Stage Blu-ray cover

Persona 5 the Stage 2 Cover

Ryuji and Ann in Persona 5 the Stage

Akechi in Persona 5 the Stage

Yusuke in Persona 5 the Stage

Sae in Persona 5 the Stage

Mishima, Shiho, Kamoshida and the principle in Persona 5 the Stage.

Madarame in Persona 5 the Stage

Morgana in Persona 5 the Stage

Persona 5 the Stage #3 Logo

External Links

• Official Site
• Official Twitter